as in seducing
to influence someone with a bribe
meat inspectors were bribed, and the contaminated beef was sold to the public
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Recent Examples of bribing
Two executives of a large utility, FirstEnergy, are now on trial for allegedly bribing Randazzo, who died by suicide after his own indictment.
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Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
Smartmatic's parent company was charged in a Florida federal court in October with conspiring to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by bribing a Philippine government official to get business, and with conspiring to launder money.
—Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
Smith and other fixers are accused of recruiting and bribing players to underperform in games so that their team failed to cover spreads.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 9 Mar. 2026
Another supplier, John Herzog, whose employer isn’t named, was charged with bribing Briones, in addition to another alcohol buyer for the grocery chain, providing them with gifts like a $2,000 exercise bike.
—Jess Lander, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Mar. 2026
Even without bribing the bots to provide direct advertising, brands are already trying to find ways to get into the good books of AI search results.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
Then, in February of last year, Coral Gables criminal defense attorney David Macey was indicted along with Pagan on charges of bribing Costanzo to obtain confidential information about drug-trafficking suspects to recruit them as potential clients for his law firm.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2026
The most recent was a felony case against Phong Tran, a veteran homicide detective accused of bribing a witness in a murder case.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2026
But now, federal prosecutors say Hennen is the fixer behind the biggest point-shaving scandal in history, accused of bribing 39 college players, corrupting 17 programs and fixing — or trying fix — 29 games to enrich himself and other gamblers.
—Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
Smartmatic's parent company was charged in a Florida federal court in October with conspiring to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by bribing a Philippine government official to get business, and with conspiring to launder money.
—Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
Smith and other fixers are accused of recruiting and bribing players to underperform in games so that their team failed to cover spreads.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 9 Mar. 2026
Another supplier, John Herzog, whose employer isn’t named, was charged with bribing Briones, in addition to another alcohol buyer for the grocery chain, providing them with gifts like a $2,000 exercise bike.
—Jess Lander, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Mar. 2026
Even without bribing the bots to provide direct advertising, brands are already trying to find ways to get into the good books of AI search results.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
Then, in February of last year, Coral Gables criminal defense attorney David Macey was indicted along with Pagan on charges of bribing Costanzo to obtain confidential information about drug-trafficking suspects to recruit them as potential clients for his law firm.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2026
The most recent was a felony case against Phong Tran, a veteran homicide detective accused of bribing a witness in a murder case.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2026
But now, federal prosecutors say Hennen is the fixer behind the biggest point-shaving scandal in history, accused of bribing 39 college players, corrupting 17 programs and fixing — or trying fix — 29 games to enrich himself and other gamblers.
—Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bribing
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The show is also virtually devoid of romantic escapades, a good thing since Dumas’ novel is filled with a lot of sentimental claptrap about fighting for defenseless women’s honor or seducing virtuous maidens or going to war due to the physical beauty of a monarch.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
11 Mar. 2026
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Waugh walks around with a newfound swagger, playing hooky, drinking heavily, even seducing a woman at his local.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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In 2023, Hong Kong introduced tax concessions for family offices with the aim of luring wealthy investors back to the region after 2019 protests prompted a wealth exodus.—
Hayley Cuccinello,
CNBC,
12 Mar. 2026
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However, like Murray, Young is in a great spot at UConn, and luring him away won’t be easy.—
Brendan Marks,
New York Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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The Athletic can also reveal FSG looked into buying a minority stake of less than 30 per cent in Monaco in early 2025 alongside another ownership group but, again, decided not to take it any further.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
20 Mar. 2026
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But if these upgrades touted by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) follow the path of past improvements to the short-range wireless standard, buying hardware that supports them may require some up-front research.—
Rob Pegoraro,
PC Magazine,
19 Mar. 2026
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That will mean persuading companies whose executives are still grappling with AI to start investing in a technology that few have begun to think about.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
20 Mar. 2026
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The sensible course may no longer be persuading Kim to stop expanding his arsenal.—
Karishma Vaswani,
Twin Cities,
15 Mar. 2026
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In his Phaedrus, Plato attacked reading as corrupting true philosophical dialectic.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
11 Mar. 2026
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Richard Pazdur, a longtime cancer drug regulator, retired from the CDER director post in December due to concerns that political officials were corrupting the agency’s scientific process.—
Lizzy Lawrence,
STAT,
6 Mar. 2026
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He was arrested by local authorities last February and charged in Brookline District Court with enticing a child under 16, possession of child pornography, and other offenses.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
16 Mar. 2026
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IndieWire also wrote about how the growing popularity of these projects is enticing some local below-the-line crafts talent to work on these projects in the absence of other Hollywood productions.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
12 Mar. 2026
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But that 34-day war only further enhanced Hezbollah’s position in Lebanon as a powerful armed militia, operating outside of government reach while at the same time — particularly since 2008 – actually being part of the government and having effective control over it.—
Asher Kaufman,
The Conversation,
20 Mar. 2026
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And having the baby to sing to is actually a pretty natural way to bring singing into the show.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
20 Mar. 2026
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Richins, 35, faced multiple felony charges for allegedly poisoning Eric Richins, her late husband, in March 2022.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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Chronic mold poisoning our children.—
Sumathy Kumar,
New York Daily News,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Bribing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bribing. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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